Quote Originally Posted by Ca Putt View Post

Ps: seems as if a new "It's you who are the barbarians!" discussion I would like to point out that Macilrillein is not a roman hater, and probably used it to give an account of Alexanders opinion on the romans rather than his own. afterall a Barbarian bascially is someone who does not speak the same language as yourself/is of different culture. I'm not exactly sure about Alexanders personal opinion as a macedonian who were often called barbarians by thier fellow greeks. But if Macedonias were considered Barbarians there is not the slightest doubt that the greeks of southern greece(and tarentum I assume) would reffer to romans(and samnites etc.) as barbarians.
Alexander was the one who said a being Greek or Barbarian had nothing to do with language or culture, but with the way one behaved himself. A good person was "Greek", a bad person was "Barbarian".